My adventures as an intern at the Philadelphia Zoo

My last three days at the Zoo were surprisingly typical. We watched presentations, went to our stations, and talked to guests about the animals. On the last day I made my rounds and said my goodbyes to my favorites, waved farewell to my other interns, and hopped on the bus for home. The whole thing… Continue reading Week Ten: The Last Week

This week our formal presentations for the projects we’ve all been working on began. Since the beginning of this internship, each intern has been documenting the behavior of a specific animal at the Zoo and developed a hypothesis. Now, it’s time to present our findings to each other with last-minute posters on tri-folds from the… Continue reading Week Nine: Presentations

This week was really special. On Thursday we had an open panel with the Zoo’s head keepers to hear how they got to where they are. It was actually kind of reassuring; as long as you work hard for what you want and work your way up the ranks, being a keeper is possible. Our… Continue reading Week Eight: The Keepers

What a week! Saturday evening kicked off with the Zoo’s Summer Ale Fest, where guests get to come and drink to their hearts’ content while around the amazing animals housed at the Zoo. We interns were there mostly for security purposes, disguised as fun games in strategic locations to make sure nobody tried to climb… Continue reading Week Seven: Drunk People in the Zoo

Hello! Sorry for such a late post for this (now last) week, but things have been very busy between this internship and my paying job. This week’s overarching theme had to be sustainability. The Zoo’s own sustainability manager came in to give us a talk about the Zoo’s efforts towards waste reduction and thinking towards… Continue reading Week Six: Zoo Sustainability

Well, I only worked one day this week, so this post will be relatively shorter than the rest. The best and most interesting thing to talk about would be, I think, our polar bear Coldilocks. People come from all over just to see her. Every day, I get asked, “Where’s the polar bear?” People yell… Continue reading Week Five: The Short One

This week, after my normal three days of work, the Zoo interns had the pleasure of greeting another group of interns from PwC, a consulting firm and close friend of the Zoo. The interns were our age and almost all accounting majors. For their internship, they sit at a desk for eight hours a day,… Continue reading Week Four: On Career Choices